Package: libperl5.20 Version: 5.20.2-4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
libperl5.20 depends on perl-base which, because it provides a /usr/bin binary, is obviously not co-installable. As a result libperl5.20 is not currently multiarch compatible. This actually has far ranging consequences: through libsnmp30 and then libsane this breaks support for scanners in 32 bit Windows applications run through Wine. Forthermore, despite what the description says, libperl5.20 is currently empty! $ dpkg -L libperl5.20 /. /usr /usr/share /usr/share/doc /usr/share/lintian /usr/share/lintian/overrides /usr/share/lintian/overrides/libperl5.20 /usr/share/doc/libperl5.20 I think the multiarch issue could be fixed by: * Moving the files below to the libperl5.20 package: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libperl.so.5.20 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.2/* * Moving the perl5.20.2 binary to a triplet location in the libperl5.20 package: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.2/libexec/perl * Move the files below to a new architecture all perl-basemodules package: /usr/share/perl/5.20.2/* (alternatively they could also go to the libperl5.20 package) * Remove the dependency on perl-base from libperl5.20 and add one on perl-basemodules. Mark libperl5.20 as Multi-Arch: same. * Make perl-base depend on libperl5.20 and mark it as Multi-Arch: foreign. At this point /usr/bin/perl would most likely be a symbolic link to the corresponding perl4.20.2 libperl5.20 binary. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libperl5.20 depends on: ii libc6 2.19-18 ii perl-base 5.20.2-4 libperl5.20 recommends no packages. libperl5.20 suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org